A surprising pattern is emerging as the Windows 10 end‑of‑support deadline approaches: publicly available telemetry and independent trackers show measurable growth in Linux desktop usage, while community projects, vendors, and security firms are actively encouraging migration — but the evidence...
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August 29, 2025 delivered an unexpected lifeline to owners of aging Windows Mixed Reality headsets: a new native SteamVR driver called Oasis that restores direct SteamVR/OpenXR compatibility for devices left orphaned after Microsoft deprecated the Mixed Reality Portal. (roadtovr.com)
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As October 14, 2025 approaches, the scheduled end of mainstream support for Windows 10 has shifted from a distant policy note into a live operational deadline for millions of users — a deadline that is creating both a security emergency and an opening for alternatives such as Zorin OS...
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Windows users facing the October deadline for Windows 10 support are being offered a realistic, battle-tested alternative in Zorin OS — a Dublin-born Linux distribution that promises to keep older PCs secure, fast and usable for years to come, and which the Irish Times frames as a timely option...
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When Microsoft set a firm October 14, 2025 end-of-support date for Windows 10, a predictable community response followed: local repair cafés across the UK have started planning special sessions to help residents keep working machines safe and useful without buying new hardware. In Huddersfield...
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The recent evolution of Windows 11’s deployment strategy has upended many of the narratives surrounding its hardware requirements, exposing the artificial boundaries Microsoft once insisted were essential. New revelations reveal that even systems previously banished from the update path due to...
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As Microsoft continues to push forward with new operating systems, many users find themselves caught in the crossfire between technological progress and hardware obsolescence. This dilemma became especially pronounced with the announcement of Windows 11, which set unusually strict hardware...
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As the end of support for Windows 10 looms on the horizon, millions of users are confronting a major turning point in the daily life of their computers. The October 14, 2025, cutoff marks not just the end of critical security updates for what remains the most widely used desktop operating...
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Staring down the impending end-of-life for Windows 10, millions of PC users are left clinging to aging machines that straddle a technological chasm: too slow and unsupported for Windows 11’s resource-hungry ecosystem, but too valuable to discard in favor of expensive upgrades. For those not...
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As Microsoft prepares to sunset support for Windows 10, millions of users with older PCs face an uncertain digital future. The official narrative is simple: if your device doesn’t meet the stringent hardware requirements for Windows 11—namely, the need for TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, and newer...
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As Windows 10’s end of life approaches and a growing number of users confront Microsoft’s unyielding hardware requirements for Windows 11, a wave of demand continues for tools that enable installation on older, unsupported PCs. While official upgrade paths routinely block systems lacking secure...
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As Windows 10 races toward its official end-of-life, a moment of reckoning is looming for millions of users—and for the computers they depend on. Within four months, Microsoft will withdraw critical updates, leaving anyone still running the nearly decade-old operating system adrift in a sea of...
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As organizations face the impending end of support for Windows 10, scheduled for October 2025, an urgent question arises: what should be done with millions of perfectly functioning devices that fail to meet the stringent compatibility requirements of Windows 11? Instead of resigning these...
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In a striking illustration of shifting digital sovereignty priorities across Europe, Lyon, France’s third-largest city, has announced its decisive transition away from Microsoft software, embracing a suite of open-source alternatives in a move set to reverberate throughout the continent’s public...
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As the sun gradually sets on Windows 10, millions of devices worldwide face an uncertain future. Microsoft’s official cutoff for Windows 10 support arrives at the end of 2025, leaving users with a stark choice: pay extra for extended security updates, take a gamble running unsupported and...
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As the sunset date for Windows 10 looms on the horizon, the reality facing millions of PC users is growing ever more pressing: after October 14, 2025, Microsoft will officially pull the plug on support, updates, and most importantly, security patches for the world’s most popular desktop...
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In a small workshop tucked away in Subang Jaya, Malaysia, echoes of laughter and the whirring sounds of tiny motors intermingle, not as the byproducts of assembly lines, but as the signs of healing. Meet Tan Guan Poh, affectionately known as “GP” to both children and adults alike, who is neither...
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When the world’s most widely used desktop operating system approaches the end of its life, both opportunity and uncertainty arise—and Windows 10’s looming support cut-off is no exception. With official support ending in October 2025, users worldwide, from enterprise IT administrators to families...
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Here is a summary of the key information from the article about the hidden tool to migrate from Windows 10 to Windows 11:
Microsoft is working on a new migration tool: As Windows 10 support is nearing its end, Microsoft is developing a feature called "Windows Migration" to help users transfer...
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As Microsoft accelerates its campaign to move users off Windows 10 ahead of the looming end-of-support deadline, an under-the-radar development promises to reshape the migration experience for millions still holding out on the older platform. Since the official announcement that Windows 10 will...
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